Shannon Feaster, M.S.

Shannon Feaster is the Deputy Executive Director of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. She previously served as Deputy Director of External Affairs at the Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) in the Health Resources and Services Administration from 2014 to 2016. At BHW, she oversaw the development of communication and partnership strategies to strengthen the nation’s health workforce and connect skilled professionals to communities in need.

Feaster originally joined the President’s Council as Director of Communications and Public Affairs in May, 2010. Prior to that, she was Director of Communications for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. From 2005 to 2011, she also served as Commissioner of the Women’s Professional Racquetball Organization.

Feaster completed her undergraduate studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University in New York.

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